Zhong Lun Law Firm has recruited corporate lawyer Tom Fairley as its first Western partner in its London office, which opened last year.

Zhong Lun has secured the services of high-profile lawyer Yongjun Peter Ni to develop its tax practice. Ni, who joins Zhong Lun as head of the firm’s tax group, comes from White & Case where was most recently head of the US firm’s greater China tax practice.